Kruze Consulting analyzed data from 450 seed-stage startups and found that technical engineering/product positions tend to be paid more than CEOs, while COO/operations roles are paid even higher on average.

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GV, a venture firm backed by Google, has invested in 800 companies over the last five years, with a total investment of over $10 billion across its 15-year history.

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OpenAI has considered building a humanoid robot, having previously invested in robotics companies and having a robotics division that was closed in 2021.

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Onyx Motorbikes has been revived by its original founder, Tim Seward, one year after its owner James Khatiblou's sudden death. The brand is selling 100 electric dirtbikes, but it's unclear if they are new or part of a previous batch.

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A consortium of investors has acquired the operating assets of Lilium's two subsidiaries, Lilium GmbH and Lilium eAircraft GmbH, after the electric air taxi startup ceased operations and laid off 1,000 employees.

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Meta has launched a new chatbot, Meta AI, powered by its Llama 3 large language model. The chatbot is available for free on the web, Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp. It regurgitates web search results and doesn't excel at anything, but is a free option.

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Boston Dynamics' electric Atlas robot performed a backflip in a new video, showcasing its robustness and gymnastics abilities.

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Google is testing its Gemini AI model against Anthropic's Claude model, with contractors comparing answers and evaluating accuracy. Google's use of Claude is unclear, as it did not comment on obtaining permission.

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WordPress.org is taking a holiday break, stopping free services like new account registrations and plug-in reviews. This has led to a call for a 'federated' approach to WordPress from Joost de Valk, ex-CEO of Yoast.

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AI can be trained on synthetic data generated by another AI, which is gaining traction due to the scarcity of real data. Companies like Anthropic, Meta, and OpenAI are using synthetic data to train their models.

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